Light Vocabulary

Grade 5SOL 5.3Created By:Kim Smith

Modified by ACPS ITRTs

The distance between a point on one wave to the same point on the next wave.

A. Light wave

B. Sound wave

C. Wavelength

D. Wave separation

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The top of a wave is called the _______.

A. trough

B. peak

C. prism

D. spectrum

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The low point between two waves is called the _________.

A. bottom

B. basement

C. trough

D. flat wave

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What is the name of light from such sources such as a light bulb, a fire, a candle?

A. Natural light

B. Fake light

C. Artificial light

D. Sunlight

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Materials that allow light to pass through them easily: example-glass.

A. Transparent

B. Translucent

C. Opaque

D. Reflected

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Materials that allow some light to pass through them: example-plastic milk carton.

A. Transparent

B. Opaque

C. Translucent

D. Semi-transparent

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Materials that do not allow any light to pass through them.

A. Translucent

B. Transparent

C. Solid

D. Opaque

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Light that is bounced off an object is ……

A. refracted.

B. reflected.

C. absorbed.

D. prism.

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A lens that curves inward is called a _________ lens.

A. convex

B. contour

C. concave

D. prism

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A lens that bulges outward is called a ________ lens.

A. concave

B. contour

C. prism

D. convex

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The bending of light rays.

A. Retraction

B. Prism

C. Reflection

D. Refraction

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This happens when objects that appear to be somewhere they are not.

A. Illusion

B. Optical illusion

C. Lenses

D. Visible spectrum

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The best name for curved pieces of glass or transparent material that refract or bend light

rays in a certain way.

A. Prism

B. Lenses

C. Glass

D. Mirror

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An object that makes objects look larger than they really are.

A. Telescope

B. Stereoscope

C. Magnifying glass

D. Mirror

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An instrument used to break up light into bands of color.

A. Rainbow

B. Prism

C. Magnifying mirror

D. Mirror

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The light that you can see.

A. Spectrum

B. Visible spectrum

C. Magnifying glass

D. Sunlight

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The first astronomer to use a telescope.

A. Sir Isaac Newman

B. Robert Hooke

C. Galileo

D. Anthony van Leeuwenhoek

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Scientist who experimented with light; used a prism to break white light into a band of colors.

A. Galileo

B. Sir Isaac Newton

C. Robert Hooke

D. Anthony van Leeuwenhoek

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Scientist who discovered cells; he also did work that led Sir Isaac Newton to make his discoveries.

A. Galileo

B. Robert Hooke

C. Sir Isaac Newton

D. Anthony van Leeuwenhoek

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A scientist who first described red blood cells and also studied bacteria using a microscope.

A. Anthony van Leeuwenhoek

B. Sir Isaac Newton

C. Galileo

D. Robert Hooke

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What does Roy G Biv stand for?

A. The leader of a rock band.

B. The principal at Kegotank.

C. The colors in the light spectrum.

D. The quarterback for VA Tech.

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